Cervantes and the literary theory of his time --
Art and the rules --
The author-critic --
Literature and life in Don Quixote --
From the epic to the novel --
Art and nature, imitation and invention --
The imitation of models --
The making of the writer-natura, studium, exercitatio --
Erudition --
The functions of the novel-pleasure and profit --
The functions of the novel-admiratio --
Morality --
Author and public --
Variety and unity --
Style and decorum --
Diction --
Decoration and hyperbole --
History and fiction --
Verisimilitude and the marvellous --
The heroes commemorated --
The fictitious-authorship device --
Avellaneda's Quixote.

"Cervantes and the literary theory of his time -- Art and the rules -- The author-critic -- Literature and life in Don Quixote -- From the epic to the novel -- Art and nature, imitation and invention -- The imitation of models -- The making of the writer-natura, studium, exercitatio -- Erudition -- The functions of the novel-pleasure and profit -- The functions of the novel-admiratio -- Morality -- Author and public -- Variety and unity -- Style and decorum -- Diction -- Decoration and hyperbole -- History and fiction -- Verisimilitude and the marvellous -- The heroes commemorated -- The fictitious-authorship device -- Avellaneda's Quixote."@en